diff --git a/external/source/meterpreter/source/bionic/libc/Android.mk b/external/source/meterpreter/source/bionic/libc/Android.mk
index b052161d73..2b6d5df0fd 100644
--- a/external/source/meterpreter/source/bionic/libc/Android.mk
+++ b/external/source/meterpreter/source/bionic/libc/Android.mk
@@ -443,7 +443,11 @@ else # !arm
 
     # Enable recent IA friendly memory routines (such as for Atom)
     # These will not work on the earlier x86 machines
-    libc_common_cflags += -mtune=i686 -DUSE_SSSE3 -DUSE_SSE2
+    #libc_common_cflags += -mtune=i686 -DUSE_SSSE3 -DUSE_SSE2
+
+	# egypt: compile for 386 so meterpreter will have a chance of working on
+	# older processors
+    libc_common_cflags += -march=i386
   endif # x86
 endif # !arm
 
diff --git a/external/source/meterpreter/source/bionic/libc/out/x86/make.sh b/external/source/meterpreter/source/bionic/libc/out/x86/make.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index e3f93513e1..074876075f
--- a/external/source/meterpreter/source/bionic/libc/out/x86/make.sh
+++ b/external/source/meterpreter/source/bionic/libc/out/x86/make.sh
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ gcc -Wl,--hash-style=sysv -nostdinc -nostdlib -shared -o libbionic.so flood/*.o
 
 rm -rf flood >/dev/null
 
-
+exit 0